Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has proposed a compromise in the debate over a $15 an hour minimum wage.
In a letter to Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Mike Busch, Hogan pitched a plan to raise the current state minimum wage of $10.10 an hour to $12.10 an hour by 2022.
Hogan said he could support that increase under several conditions, including having a “trigger” that would make any increase above $12.10 contingent on increases in neighboring states.
Another condition would include increasing the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit to 60 percent of the federal wage.
